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Reaction to Death of Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died peacefully after a stroke this morning, her spokesman announced Monday. She was 87 and was not only Britain’s first woman Prime Minister, but the longest-serving Prime Minister this century.

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Finlay Morton: Recording speeches and rock

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David Cameron now Britain’s new Prime Minister

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Political turmoil continues in Thailand

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U.S. market gaffes test British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

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Japan’s new first lady

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Japan has a new prime minister today. Akiko Fujita reports that the new prime minister’s wife is likely to change the traditional role of Japanese first lady.

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